Pat Crawford Brown


Pat Crawford Brown was an American actress.

Life and career

Brown was born in New York to Charlotte and Thomas J. Crawford. Her niece is folk singer Christine Lavin. She married Calvin B. Brown on January 3, 1961, and they remained married until his death in 1976. They had one daughter, Charlotte Brown Swanson.
She began acting in her 50s after a long career as an English teacher. She taught English literature during the 1960s and 1970s at Carson High School in Carson, California. On television, she is best known for her role as Ida Greenberg in Desperate Housewives. She also had recurring roles on daytime soap operas General Hospital and Days of Our Lives. She has appeared in feature films, including Sister Act and .
Pat Crawford Brown was a resident of the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, CA where she died on July 2, 2019 at the age of 90.

Selected filmography

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